Planked food server



' Dec. 28, 1937. A. F. SAUNDERS PLANKED FOOD SERVER Filed Nov. 21, 1935 4- I IN ENTOR. 5

' @Mrfl ATTORNEYS.

Patented Dec. 28, 1937 PATENT, OFFICE PLANKED FOOD SERVER Albert F. Saunders, Syracuse, N. Y., assignor to T. N. Benedict Manufacturing Company, East Syracuse, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application November 21, 1935, Serial No. 50,884

1 Claim.

This invention relates to food servers and particularly to planked food servers or servers on which planked steaks, fish, and other foods, are served, and has for its object a server or 5 "plank in which the juices and gravies, etc.,

drain to a well in the margin of the server or plank with the upper surface of the server substantially smooth so that it can be cleaned by scraping or wiping.

The invention consists in the novel features and in'the combinations and constructions, hereinafter set forth and claimed. a

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawing in which like characters designate corresponding parts in allthe views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of this server, the plate upon which the plank with the food thereon is served being shown in dotted lines.

Figures 2 and 3 are sectional views of the body or so-called plank taken respectively on lines 2-2 and 3-3, Figure 1.

As is well known, the so-called planks on which planked food is served can not be washed, as the washing tends to warp the plank and also destroys its usefulness. Continued use of the plank improves the flavor of the food served.

, Washing destroys the qualities of the plank 30 which gives the flavor desired to the food. The

food is cooked or prepared and then placed on the plank and the plank with the food thereon further cooked or browned by placing in an oven or subjected to fire treatment. The planks are used over and over and are capable of being used as high as two hundred times. The wood used is oak.

This planked food server comprises a flat body having a well in the margin thereof with the r groove 2' draining at 5 into the well 2.

upper face of the body inclining from all points toward the well in the margin, and also preferably a circumferential groove inthe margin increasing in depth in opposite directions from a point diametrically opposite the Well toward 5 the well, the opposite portions of the groove draining into the well.

As here illustrated, the body or plank is discoidal.

l designates the discoidal body or plank formed with a shallow well or cavity 2 in the margin of its upper face, and with a circumferential groove 3 gradually increasing in depth from a point 4 diametrically opposite the well 2 toward the well 2, the opposite portions of the Also, the area 6 of the upper face within the circle of the groove is slightly concave so that it inclines from all outer points adjacent the groove toward the well 2 to drain the juices, gravies, etc., thereinto. Thus, the area 6 issubstantially smooth so that it can be scraped off 'or wiped oif. The bottom of the well 2 is also smooth and concave so that it can be readily scraped or wiped.

What I claim is:- A planked food server comprising a flat wood body of substantially equal thickness throughout its extent and having a circumferential groove in the margin of its upper face increasing in opposite directions in depth from one point to 0 the diametrically opposite point of the body, the body being formed with a well at said diametrically opposite point into which thegroove drains,

ALBERT F. SAUNDERS. 

